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1963: Test pilot Joe Walker takes an X-15 aircraft to an altitude of 67 miles (106 kilometers), becoming the only pilot to surpass the 100-kilometer barrier in a rocket plane until Mike Melvill, piloting SpaceShipOne, duplicates the feat in 2004.
US agents to operate in British airports
It’s been a year following a federal appeals court decision setting aside a constitutional challenge trying to stop the government from using intrusive body scanners across U.S. airports.
This is part of a SPACE.com series of articles on the Greatest Moments in Flight, the breakthrough events that paved the way for human spaceflight and its next steps: asteroid mining and bases on the moon and Mars.
You may remember Carol Jean Price. She molested passengers as an employee of the TSA. Then she left the agency, I hope to find honest work. In April, she tried to fly to her brother’s funeral. That gave her former colleagues an excuse to grope her
“Obedience training” is part of TSA’s Code Bravo security drill
“You’re dumb deafies anyway so no one would believe you”
A man returning from a conference for the deaf suffered ridicule at the hands of the TSA. They told him he was not allowed a bag of candy on his flight, confiscated it, ate it in front of him, then laughed and called him a "fucking deafie."
Six years after the initial announcement that Terrafugia, Inc. would develop a "roadable airplane," the Transition has completed the first phase of flight testing.
We heard a “freeze, freeze” “It turns out they were doing a new drill. They want all passengers to freeze on command. My wife told me later that she didn’t follow this order fast enough, so the subsequent barks were directed at her.”
We all know by now that websites track our online activities in order to personalize ads and content. It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that offline businesses have started doing the same.
Passengers say their problem is not with the rules at the airport. They understand why drinks are not allowed through security, but when they buy one while they wait for their flight, they say the TSA shouldn't ask to test it.
Six years after the initial announcement that Terrafugia, Inc. would develop a "roadable airplane," the Transition has completed the first phase of flight testing. The flight testing, carried out at Plattsburgh International Airport in northern New Y
A US citizen of Somali descent has been stranded in Bahrain for 2 weeks after being told his name appears on the U.S. government's no-fly list does not understand why he has been tagged as a suspected terrorist and is talking to U.S. lawyers.
A Texas judge found a JetBlue pilot insane and not guilty of interfering with a flight after his bizarre behavior forced an emergency landing in March. Clayton Osbon, 49, had been charged with interference with a flight crew and could have faced up t
IAT21 set out to construct a flying machine that floated like a hummingbird, traveled as fast as a jet, was as quiet as a hot-air balloon, and was simple enough that a car mechanic could repair it. The company’s working prototype, called D-Dalus
Star Trek legend William Shatner was left nursing a bruised ego when his trousers fell down during an airport security check in front of dozens of fellow travellers.
On the way home from Porcfest 2012
A new initiative could be on the horizon for suborbital spaceship company Virgin Galactic, founded by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson.
A TSA agent opened a jar of ashes of a relative belonging to a passenger, proceeded to stick her finger in the ashes spilling them, and then laughed about it. Another example of the cream of the crap working for the Testicle Squeezing Authoritarians.
Aircraft enthusiasts are waiting with growing anticipation for the unveiling of plans for a supersonic jet that may be able to fly London to Sydney in just four hours.
Three federal police officers were shot and killed Monday when they tried to arrest drug trafficking suspects at Mexico City’s international airport, officials said.
The TSA reached a new low over the weekend when one of its "agents" failed to realize that the metal detector he was using to screen passengers was shut off. The mistake caused several dozen passengers to be re-screened.
Regulators in several jurisdictions continue to romanticize the security and accuracy of face, fingerprint, and iris automatic recognition biometric technologies. But the existence of a significant amount of falsified biometric identification documen
No, said airline security, you can't take this bottle onboard. It exceeds the 100 milliliter limit; it's forbidden.
At a terminal being renovated here at Love Field, contractors are installing 500 high-definition security cameras sharp enough to read an auto license plate or a logo on a shirt.
Already demolishing the standing world record more than twice over, a massive human-powered quadrotor designed by students at the University of Maryland is poised to make aviation history today.
Federal agency characterizes incident as act of “violence”
Federal agency characterizes incident as act of “violence”
A new helicopter engine design that's both safe and simple
